Touch of Cloth

[Roger Wilco]

Anyone seen this?

I can't decide if it's brilliant or the dumbest piece of shit I've ever seen. Uber-pun intensive, almost in a Police Academy way, kind of drowns out whatever message there was imo ("cop shows suck" mainly I suppose).

Kind of entertaining, but not really that funny. On the other hand maybe that was intentional also, poking fun at comedy by pretending to be funny while being a kind of shit comedy?

Maybe too many layers there for my simple mind to understand or I'm overthinking it.

 

[John Clark]

I recorded the first part and watched it last night and am doing the same with the second part tonight.

It's a bit too over the top in my opinion but I got that just from the trailer. Having seen the first episode just confirms it.

 

[Captaindemotion]

I haven't seen part 2 yet but I did enjoy part 1. I think they were going for an Airplane/ Naked Gun vibe of throwing as many jokes as possible at the viewer, so that if one joke bombs, don't worry, there'll be another along in a minute.

A lot of the visual jokes were the best - especially the ones about the photos of Piers Morgan.

 

[Seven of Five]

I really enjoyed seeing this. It definitely had an Airplane vibe to it, as the silliness just kept coming thick and fast.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I just started watching the first episode and getting a very Airplane! vibe from it. I'm loving how silly it is.

 

[Holdfast]

I don't have Sky, but I've seen the trailers on other channels, and this looks great fun. I assume it'll end up repeated on a regular Freeview channel eventually.

"You're coming apart at the seams, Cloth!"

 

[Shazam!]

The first part was much better than the second.

 

[Seven of Five]

I confused myself by catching a repeat on Sky 2 that had both parts together, so I thought there would be more next week! I did read that they were making two more two-parters though.

Sky's comedy output seems to have dramtically improved over the last 12 months.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Awful.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I confused myself by catching a repeat on Sky 2 that had both parts together, so I thought there would be more next week! I did read that they were making two more two-parters though.

Sky's comedy output seems to have dramtically improved over the last 12 months.

They already picked up a second series but I don't know how many are in this series.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I really enjoyed the first 2 parter and it looks like they're continuing the same style with the second one.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P0FDAqS0Wy4[/yt]

"I'll bleed when I'm dead."
"Blood doesn't work like that."

 

[stoneroses]

Sorry miss read the title, thought it was 'touching cloth'

 

[Lonemagpie]

Never heard of this show, but that trailer looks OK

 

[trekkiedane]

Loved it -and police procedurals have not been the same ever since I saw Cloth

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Sorry miss read the title, thought it was 'touching cloth'

Of couse that (and A Touch of Frost) are what it's playing on.

Never heard of this show, but that trailer looks OK

It's Charlie Brooker's show for Sky One. They've done 1 two parter apparently there's this, one more then a feature length one in the works, so far.

 

[trekkiedane]

Did anyone here see the talk with the writers?

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttEI6zrcAhA[/YT]​

Just as a BTW...

 

[Australis]

I might have to catch up on this.

I think there's a bit of James Nesbitt in Murphy's Law there too.

 

[Holdfast]

I really enjoyed the first 2 parter and it looks like they're continuing the same style with the second one.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P0FDAqS0Wy4[/yt]

"I'll bleed when I'm dead."
"Blood doesn't work like that."

God, I want this show to be rerun on a Freeview service soon... it's right up my sense of humour.

"Don't forget which side you're on."
"I'm on the edge. And edges don't have sides."

 

[Bob The Skutter]

It won't be, it's a Sky Original series. They don't tend to show anything like that on PickTV. Though the first 2 parter is available on DVD

 

[Holdfast]

It won't be, it's a Sky Original series. They don't tend to show anything like that on PickTV. Though the first 2 parter is available on DVD

Oh well, might get the inevitable box set if it hits a sale and goes under a fiver.

That sucks that PickTV likely won't show it. I thought that was where all Sky shows would eventually go to die, and live happily ever after in eternal rerun heaven.

Thanks for the info.